The Drug Enforcement Administration has released a 100 page financial audit that details the agency’s spending in 2012 and goals for 2013.
In the section about the challenges that may keep them from reaching their goals, the DEA says, “Keeping marijuana illegal reduces its availability and lessens willingness to use it. Legalizing marijuana would increase accessibility and encourage promotion and acceptance of drug use.”
The DEA is essentially saying that marijuana legalization will lead to a higher level of drug abuse in the country.
This report has been released only one day after Washington Governor Jay Inslee met with US Attorney General Eric Holder, who allegedly seemed open to the state’s legalization plans. President Obama has said that targeting legal marijuana states is not a priority for him, but Holder has remained mum on the issue.
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Mike-420 said on Jan 24, 2013
Dood Drug use encourages drug use
the more drugs i do when they wear off.. i wanna do more of them.. when i build a tollerence… i do more of them.. When life sucks.. I do more of them.. Fucking life leads to more drug use.. The dea being assholes leads to more drug use.. and lets not limit drugs to just illegal substances no lets include ALL of the pharma pills the alcohols / beers the nicotine / cigs/cigars/chew/snufff/etc/etc/.. Drugs are a coping mechanism for alot of us there medicine for alot of us and there just god damn fun for most of us 
So yeah this article sucks.. ( no offence to lucy )
BlzdAllday said on Jan 24, 2013
Haha the DEA still hasn't accepted marijuana as medicine n never will.
BlazinAlberts said on Jan 24, 2013
That picture made my stomach hurt
reactor420 said on Jan 24, 2013
The DEA are a bunch of fucking idiots.
SweetSoulB said on Jan 24, 2013
So the question is this: What is a drug? Something that affects how you think/feel? Then food should be considered drug as well. Addictive? You'd better fuckin believe it!
LloydChristmas said on Jan 24, 2013
I don't believe any report or study put out by any agency affiliated with the u.s. government. It's all propaganda trying to scare everyone. When they start putting out independent studies, i'll be a lot more inclined to care and start trusting "our" government
Elvers said on Jan 24, 2013
when you have a bitch cop running an agency like the dea and the idiot judges who had the chance to change it for the better fucked up. the bitch didn't answer the questions put to her and the greedy judge monkeys who had the prof in front them let it ride, that's where the bullshit lye's is in their pockets. you real dumb shits,!! there is no prof marijuana works, you must not know how to read Dr.'s reports or under stand the english language.!!!
Chubbs said on Jan 24, 2013
One day we will look back on images like the one above and laugh at how proud some people use to be working for the DEA.
Kind of like the KKK back in the day. Sure some people thought it was a good idea but looking back it's like WTF were they thinking?
Same thing will happen with the DEA in time. May take a long time but it will happen.
spkavyo said on Jan 24, 2013
The DEA is using the same type of tired cliches the NRA uses. When you Legalize and Regulate you dry up the black market supply and you check ID of anyone purchasing the marijuana, in most states the legal age is 21, the same as alcohol. Not to mention you get marijuana grown, processed and packaged for sale, all by people in YOUR state, which means jobs, income and spending! Most states charge at least sales tax on MMJ, so there is more revenue for the state, plus the licensing fees, etc.,etc. The Great Recession is making Legalize and Regulate financially beneficial for state governments.
K-Budzz said on Jan 24, 2013
but the legal heroin and meth they continue call "medicine" is not drug use in any way whatsoever
Mcdabbers503 said on Jan 25, 2013
If u follow the source one man compaired marijuana to legalizing herion
KAI said on Jan 25, 2013
In some places ALL drugs are decriminalized, guess what DEA? Drug use declined like a mofucka
eddie273273 said on Jan 28, 2013
WOW look at that .
They all have bright yellow targets on their backs .
Good for low light conditions .
THATDRUMMERKID5 said on Jan 31, 2013
As long as the DEA can make a profit off sending us to jail, they will always consider bud a drug.
booda2012 said on Feb 2, 2013
they get funding to fight some thing that is good for people to use as meds.
cannabag said on Feb 11, 2013
And That's why we will continue to have shit like Molly floating around and whatever next up.
cannabag said on Feb 11, 2013
They are Funding a war on Drugs Not Fighting it.. We really don't want to know what these assholes are really up too, or we would become conspiracy theorist LOL